The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-07-21
A SERIEKING LETTER
From the Man Near Tarpley Who Owes
The Citizen One Hundred Dollars.

a SHhlhhING Lh1Ihh
From the Man Near Tarpley Who Owes
The Citizen One Hundred Dollars.
According to the rules Of gamb
ling l ought to pay that money, or
| ought not to; though | am glad to
say in this particular case, accord.
ing to the strict laws of gambling,
may owe the hundred dollars. But
the question is, who do / owe it to?
1t seems that there is a misunder
standing, so before we get to plank i
ing out money let US see who the
money is going to. l expected q
certain one of my neighbors to ask
me for the money. But he don't
he don't-I am only waiting, and
all the time Pm waiting, THE CITI
ZEN just keeps on dunning, duuning
and dunning. 1t is enough to run
man DISTRACTED to think perhaps he
owes his neighbor a few dollars and
at the same time another man away
off yonder in Pulaski is claiming
the very same debt. Now l am
standing with hands in both peck
cts and the first thing somebody
knows perhaps the money will fly,
though | don't feel like | owe THE
CITIZEN anything. l am certain that
| have made no trade, nor authoriz-
ed anybody to make one, nor even
have l been in THE CITIZEN office,
or spoken to any one of the staff
this year. I will say right here be-
fore get too badly excited that my
respect and admiration for The
CITIZEN is not to be measured by
my number of visits 80 the office
If so might get too common
don't like to intrude-I won't both
er busy people. But there is one
thing certain, if mixing is what the
editor wants, / will eat dinner with
him twenty times before Christmas.
Now without jesting do sometimes
get tretted at THE CITIZEN and per-
haps say things know ought not
to say, but if there were no trans
gressions there would be no need of
repentance. The Pulaski CITIZEN
don't belong to the editor altogeth
er-it belongs to me too, because it
is my county paper. l have been
taking it for number of years and
expect to take it on and on. I am
willing to own up like little man,
| do sometimes get terribly vexed
at some things l occasionally no
tice in THE CITIZEN, I will say on
an average of about two or three
times year just fairly foam-bu'
still | am not going to apologize
would die first. After l shoot o
three or four days among my neigh
bors and the EDITORS funeral has
been well preached, then l begin tt
| feel an inexpressible uncomforta
bleness and l keep on feeling wors,
and worse and | almost go distract
ed when l happen to think that th
| editor should have and has got
| head of his own. When the crisi
is over and my temperature cool
down till my reasoning facultie
drop into gear, then my resentmen
turns and rends me.
l heard one of my neighbors sa,
last spring that if it was possibl
that he should have to part wit
l HETrN III, that hn ,,tn1 rs -
with Giles county too. didn'
feel that way just at that particuIa
moment because I was just in th
middle of my discourse preachin
the editors funeral. My neighbo
cared nothing for that and he jus
fairly crowded me off the floor au
told me right 10 my teeth that l wa
not the editor, and if | was how i
the devil could please everybody
[ thought my neighbours languag
was rather rough during 8 tuners
service, so I told him to keep quie
till l got through. He asked 10
then to take my text over agar
land after you get through wit
your DISCOURSE" says he, Il wi
show you which side of your brea
the butter is on" I gave him t
understand that / was not talkin
. about bread or butter either, that
was talking about prohibition-ths
[ was strongly in favor of til
; | amendment and that was tired {
THE CITIzEH feeding me on the sui
0 | ject with little spoon. u want
by the spade full" says 1. c
course ] meant just like it is CON
! ling now. My neighbor told me t
''look her" and l looked where b
told me. Now says he; iii
t convince you will you acknowledg
step by step as go alongp c
{ course l agreed. Don't you be
lieve that The CITIZEN for the las
, 20 years has been the main instrr
} ment in shaping and moulding pull
{ lie sentiment for the best interest {
J Giles county," Eyes" Did yo
7 ever see anything in The C1rIzE
S to lead anybody to believe that
, was not for prohibition?" mo.
"Well, now, by George" says h
b do you believe had it not been fc
Q the great exortion of Tue C1r1zE
e that any of these new turnpike
5 would have been built?" ''No,
E says l, ''but Laps. McCord nevt
/! touched a grayel." "No, he didn't,
n exclaimed my neighbor, ''but DUR
! ed if he didn't put somebody els
to shoveling."
+, By this time my neighbor had b
; gun to sweat and so did |. ''Don
you believe if the people of Gils
E county would do their duty half
+ well as TIE CITIZEN has always dor
Q hers that we would have a ne
railroad before SIX monthsT yes,
@ says /, "but McCord is not going /
= work on it." mo he won't bl
blamed if he don't have somebod
? pecking or it yet before he quit
| won't he?" at looks that way,
! says 1. ''Well, now" says my foam
$ ing neighbor, what in the name
5 heaven are you monkeying abor
The CITIZEN forf" 81 am not mol
keying," says /, 81 am preachin
the EDITORS funeral" At this m
I neighbours excitement was gettin
go hill, 20 IoaI~ hooI+I,r i